Brake-jaw for car-brake rods.



PATENTED JULY 14, 1903.

A. LIPSGHUTZ. BRAKE JAW FOR GAR BRAKE RODS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19 1903.

N70 MODEL.

' Patented July 14, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR LIPSCHUTZ, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BRAKE-JAW FOR CAR-BRAKE RODS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,853, dated July 14,1903.

' Application filed January 19,1903. Serial No. 139,625. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR'LIPSCHUTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Brake-Jaws for Oar-BrakeI jaw to which the brake-rod can be attached in a more secure,convenient, and economical manner than heretofore, as well as in lesstime and without'requiring the use of special tools.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a perspective view of my brakebeam jaw. Fig. II is alongitudinal vertical section of the jaw, showing the adjacent end ofthe brake-rod with its extremity turned down in the act of applying therod to the jaw. Fig. III is a like view showing the extremity of the rodbent around the web of the jaw, which position it assumes when the rodis fully attached to the jaw. Fig. IV is a horizontal section taken online IV IV, Fig. III.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the jaw, that is preferably inthe form of a cast ing of either steel or malleable iron. It has alongitudinal opening2, that receives the brake-lever, which Ihave notshown. The inner end of the jaw is provided with the usual opening 3 toreceive the bolt that connects the jaw to the brake-lever. At the outerend of the opening 2 the jaw has a vertical wall 4 toreceive any inwardthrust of the brake-rod, and beyond this wall is a vertical opening 5 toreceive the end of the brake-rod 6. Between the opening- 5 and the endof the jaw is a web 7, that is preferably of less thickness than thejaw, thereby forming a groove 8, in which the brake-rod is embedded whenits end has been bent around the web, as shown in Fig. III.

To attach the rod to the jaw it is only necessary to bend its end atright angles to its length and then insert it into the opening 5, asshown in Fig. II, and then by the use of an ordinary hammer to bend theextremity of the rod around the web into the position shown in Fig. III.This attachment of the rod to the jaw can be efiected without heatingthe former and can be very quickly accomplished without the use of anyspecial tools, which are often not at hand when a brake-rod becomesbroken and a new one has to be applied. The work can be quickly andeconomically accomplished, and when the job is done it is ofasubstantial and permanent character, and the rod is held fromlongitudinal movement with relation to the jaw when the brakes areoperated.

The opening or perforation 5 extends vertically through the jaw or inthe same direction as the opening 3, so that a central draft or pull ofthe rod on the jaw is provided for,

and by passing the bent end of the rod through the opening 5 from thetop there is no tendencyof the rod to drop away from the jaw while itsextremity is being bent around the web or in case of any straighteningout of the bent portion of the rod.

I claim as my invention 1. A brake-jaw for car-brake rods, having aperforation or opening at its outer end, through which the brake-rod isadapted to pass,andhavinga web beyond the opening about which theextremity of the rod is adapted to be bent, substantially as set forth.

-2. A brake-jaw for car-brake rods having a perforation in its outer endthrough which the brake-rod is adapted to pass, a wall forward of saidperforation, and a web back of said perforation about which theextremity of the rod is adapted to be bent, substantially as set forth.

3 Abrake-jaw for car-brake rods having 'a perforation or opening at itsouter end through which the brake-rod is adapted to be passed, andhaving a web beyond said-opening of less thickness than the jaw, wherebya groove is formed to receive the rod when the latter is bent around theweb, substantially as set forth.

4. A cast brake-j aw for car-brake rods, having an opening to receivethe brake-lever, and ing about which the brake-rod is adapted to aperforation at its inner end to receive the be bent, substantially asset forth. connecting-bolt; the outer end of said jaw being formed withan opening extending in the ARTHUR LIPSOHUTZ' same direction as saidbolt opening, and In presence ofwhich is adapted to receive the end ofthe E. S. KNIGHT,

brake-rod and havingzt Web beyond said open- M. P. SMITH.

